Birmingham Bound: Track and Field athletes compete for Indoor national titles beginning Friday

Caleb Witsken celebrates at 2021 Indoor Track Nationals

Courtney Wayment races at 2021 NCAA Indoor Nationals

PROVO, Utah — Seven BYU track and field athletes and a relay squad will compete at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday and Saturday, March 11-12.

LIVE RESULTS

Courtney Wayment, Claire Seymour, Cierra Tidwell-Allphin, Halley Folsom Walker and Cailee Faulkner will represent the BYU women. The women’s distance medley relay team will also compete, though the runners will not be announced prior to the event.

Wayment leads a veteran group of BYU women into the national meet. The senior distance runner from Layton, Utah won individual indoor national titles a year ago in the 3000m and as a member of the DMR team. Seymour and Folsom Walker were each named 2021 All-Americans as well.

While the women look to defend national titles, the BYU men’s qualifiers look to bring home their first pole vault title since 2002. Zach McWhorter and Caleb Witsken arrive in Birmingham among the top-10 pole vaulters in the nation. McWhorter has clung to the national lead throughout the season, and rides a BYU and Division I season-best 5.85m/19-2.25 clearance into the CrossPlex.

McWhorter finished runner-up and Witsken sixth in 2021, as both also garnered All-American honors.

Watch the Cougars compete for indoor track and field supremacy with live coverage windows on ESPN3 at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. CST on Friday and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Live results will also be available throughout the weekend.

Friday Events

*All times CST // ^Final scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 (if qualified)

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Time/Mark	Date Set	National Standing	Scheduled Event Time
Halley Folsom Walker	Pentathlon	4,118	Jan. 20	No. 12	10:20 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.*
Zach McWhorter	Men's Pole Vault	5.85m/19-2.25	Feb. 4	No. 1	3 p.m.
Caleb Witsken	Men's Pole Vault	5.55m/18-2.5	Feb. 25	No. 7	3 p.m.
Cailee Faulkner	Women's Pole Vault	4.36m/14-3.75	Feb. 25	T-15	6:45 p.m.
Claire Seymour	Women's 800m Semifinal^	2:04.03	Feb. 12	T-7	7:45 p.m.
Courtney Wayment	Women's 5000m	15:15.46	Dec. 4	No. 1	8:05 p.m.
Women's DMR Team	Distance Medley Relay	10:58.37	Feb. 11	No. 6	8:45 p.m.

Saturday Events

*All times CST

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Time/Mark	Date Set	National Standing	Scheduled Event Time
Cierra Tidwell-Allphin	Women's High Jump	1.86m/6-1.25	Feb. 11	T-8	12:30 p.m.*
Courtney Wayment	Women's 3000m	8:50.05	Jan. 29	No. 2	8 p.m.

BYU Track and Field Indoor Nationals history

21 individual national champions (12 men, nine women)
67 men's indoor All-Americans dating back to 1967
159 women's indoor All-Americans dating back to 1980
Highest men's team finish: 3rd (2011)
- 22 top-20 finishes
- 10 top-10
- 3 top-5
Highest women's team finish: 3rd (2009)
- 27 top-20 finishes
- 12 top-10
- Three top-5
2021 team results
- Men: 16th
- Women: 7th